SEC women's soccer tournament

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SEC women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Sport Soccer
Conference Southeastern Conference
Number of teams10
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex [1]
Current location Pensacola, Florida
Played1993–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Georgia
Most championships Florida (12)
TV partner(s) SEC Network
Official website secports.com/soccer

The SEC women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in college soccer for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The tournament has been held every year since 1993. It is a single-elimination tournament with seeding based on conference records and the regular-season champion hosting the semifinal and final matches. The field expanded from four to six teams in its second season, 1994, and then to eight teams in 1996. The current format of 10 teams was adopted in 2012. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Contents

Champions

Key

(2)Title number
*Match went to extra time
†Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season

By Year

Source: [2]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMVPReference
1993 Vanderbilt (1)3–2*(OT) Arkansas Purdy Field • Nashville, TN Honey Marsh, Arkansas
1994Vanderbilt(2)3–0 Auburn LadyBack Field • Fayetteville, AR Christine Watson, Vanderbilt
1995 Kentucky (1)2–1 Alabama Auburn Soccer Complex • Auburn, AL Carrie Landrum, Kentucky
1996 Florida (1)3–2*(2OT)Arkansas UK Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY Danielle Fotopoulos, Florida
1997Florida (2)4–2Vanderbilt James G. Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL Sarah Yohe, Florida
1998Florida(3)2–0Vanderbilt Alabama Varsity Soccer Field • Tuscaloosa, AL Erin Baxter, Florida
1999Florida(4)3–0 Ole Miss Vanderbilt Soccer Field • Nashville, TNAngie Olson, Florida
2000Florida(5)2–0 Georgia Georgia Soccer Stadium • Athens, GA Abby Wambach, Florida
2001Florida(6)2–1Auburn LSU Soccer Complex • Baton Rouge, LA
2002 Tennessee (1)2–1*(2OT)Florida Ole Miss Soccer Stadium • Oxford, MS Jordan Kellgren, Florida
2003Tennessee(2)1–1†
(7–6 pen.)		Florida Orange Beach Sportsplex • Orange Beach, AL Robin Fulton, Florida
2004Florida (7)2–1*(2OT)Tennessee Auburn University Soccer Complex • Auburn, ALStephanie Freeman, Florida
2005Tennessee(3)1–0Auburn Orange Beach Sportsplex, Orange Beach, AL Ronda Brooks, Auburn
2006Kentucky (2)2–1FloridaAnne Ogundele, Kentucky
2007Florida(8)4–1GeorgiaStacy Bishop, Florida
2008Tennessee (4)1–0GeorgiaJaimel Johnson, Tennessee
2009 South Carolina (1)1–1†
(8–7 pen.)		 LSU Blakely Mattern, South Carolina
2010Florida(9)1–0South CarolinaErika Tymrak, Florida
2011Auburn (1)3–2FloridaKaty Frierson, Auburn
2012Florida(10)3–0AuburnErika Tymrak, Florida
2013 Texas A&M (1)2–1FloridaLiz Keester, Texas A&M
2014Texas A&M(2)1–0KentuckyBianca Brinson, Texas A&M
2015Florida(11)2–1Texas A&MChristen Westphal, Florida
2016Florida (12)2–1*(2OT)ArkansasMeggie Dougherty Howard, Florida
2017 Texas A&M (3)2–1ArkansasMikaela Harvey, Texas A&M [3]
2018 LSU (1)1–1†
(4–1 pen.)		ArkansasCaroline Brockmeier, LSU [4]
2019 South Carolina (2)1–0Arkansas Grace Fisk, South Carolina [5] [6]
2020 Vanderbilt (3)3–1ArkansasMyra Konte, Vanderbilt [7]
2021 Tennessee (5)3–0ArkansasAbbey Burdette, Tennessee [8]
2022 South Carolina (3)1–0Alabama Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex, Pensacola, Florida Catherine Barry, South Carolina [9] [10]
2023 Georgia (1)1–0Arkansas Croix Bethune, Georgia [11] [12]

By school

Source: [2]

SchoolApps.WLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Alabama 166151.29520—
Arkansas 1718145.55480—
Auburn 2816245.411512011
Florida 2651126.78317121996–2001, 2004, 2007,
2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
Georgia 2214194.432412023
Kentucky 2314193.431321995, 2006
LSU 1911129.484212018
Mississippi State 6161.18800—
Missouri 8371.31800—
Ole Miss 238231.26610—
South Carolina 2214186.459432009, 2019, 2022
Tennessee 2418176.512652002, 2003, 2005,
2008, 2021
Texas A&M 111580.652432013, 2014, 2017
Vanderbilt 2318156.538531993, 1994, 2020

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